If you boot a Microsoft Windows 2003 guest operating system with the /3GB switch defined in the boot.ini file on VMware ESX 4.1, you may experience these symptoms. Running of application can also exhibit these symptoms:
- Read or Write memory errors occur in the guest operating system
- A Remote Procedure Call (RPC) error is reported and the virtual machine is forced to reboot often
- A Stop Code type of 0x000000F4 occurs
- Microsoft .NET or Java applications may fail with memory errors
- The Microsoft Windows Event log may have errors similar to:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: .NET Runtime
Event Category: None
Description:.NET Runtime version 2.0.50727.3615 - Fatal Execution Engine Error (7A0979AE) (80131506) - The Microsoft Windows Event log may have errors similar to:
“Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.”